{"id":3798,"date":"2011-07-04T23:53:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T03:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2011-07-04T23:53:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T03:53:59","slug":"so-what-happened-to-those-guys-who-signed-the-declaration-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/so-what-happened-to-those-guys-who-signed-the-declaration-of-independence","title":{"rendered":"So, what happened to those guys who signed the Declaration of Independence?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever wondered about the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?\u00a0\u00a0 What kind of men were they?\u00a0\u00a0 What became of them?<\/div>\n
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Twenty-four of the 56 men were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants and nine were farmers and large plantation owners.<\/div>\n
These were men of means who were well educated.<\/div>\n
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Nevertheless, they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>In signing the Declaration of Independence, these 56 men pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.<\/div>\n
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Five of the 56 signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.<\/div>\n
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Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, while another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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